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AND
LAST EDITION.
4:30 O'CLOCK.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1D04.
VOL. LIV. NO. 4.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ROCK
ISL
ARGUS.
ASSAULT IS
IN PROGRESS
Japanese Guns Doing
Damage at Port
Arthur.
QUIET AT THE NORTH
Russian Faith in Kuropatkin's
Ability to Conquer Again
Rises.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 21. News from
Port Arthur brought to Chefoo by a
junk which left there the Huh says a
fierce bombardment which began Oct.
1G is still progressing without inter
ruption. Many buildings have bee
damaged. Ships in the harbor were
hit by .shells. The Japanese, main
forces are now posted at Liudzlatung.
It is stated the Japanese losses since
lh- commencement of the siege are
r.U.eni).
o FlgbtinK Y-rntenliiy.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 21. (Jen. Sak
liarolT telegraphs there was no fight
ing est rday. The armies maintain
their respective jiositions. There are
Clint inual reconiiaissanee-s on hot h sides.
I'.irry Man l- oundl.
Mukden. Oct. 21. Kvery man of
2en Cossacks commanded by ('apt.
Tonrgcnieff on Tuesday night near
Sat-dopu. who unexpectedly en
countered a good sized Japan
ese force with machine guns, was
wounded. ICvery horse except Tmir
geniefT's was hit by bullets. Tourgen
ieff. though mortally wounded, carried
off one man behind hfs saddle whn
the oihers managel to creep back to
camp. Not one man was killed on the
lieM.
There is the greatest fe;ir on the
part of the Russian wounded of falling
into the hands of the Japanese, the
Russians being convinced that they
torture their prisoners.
K url kit) I Onflilciit.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 21. Telegrams
liave been received from (Jen. Kuro
patkin of such it reassuring nature that
the most confident optimism reigns in
the highest circles here. The impres
sion is given in these dispatches that
the Japanese have shot their bolt and
now are suffering from such exhaustion
that they must retreat quickly, while
on the other hand Kuropatkin is in
condition to assume a strong offensive
as soon as the rain stops.
Kuropatkin is confident that he can
throw off the Japanese to the west
ward, thus leaving the way open to
Port Arthur, which, it is calculated, he
could reach in three weeks.
Such is a summary of the ideas en
tertained here and which are causing
-great elation. Should success not
meet Kuropatkin's plans in the imme
diate future, the disapiioint nieiit here
will be more intense than ever before.
I'nic llitlra I '. h ii ii I ! rinlrn.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 21. Apart from
the skirmishes and exploits of scout
ing parties, there is almost a complete
suspension of ojierat ions in Manchuria.
Rain, impassable roads and exhausted
armies are factors sulficient in them
selves to explain the cessation of hos
tilities. and these conditions are ag
gravated by a dense fog overspreading
the win lie of the theatre of war.
Hellind this pail either side woii!d be
able to change the disiosition of whole
forces in absolute secrecy, but the ob
scurity renders absolutely dangerous
iny attempt at a forward movement.
When the curtain of mist is lifted the
lighting may be resumed under totallv
c hanged conditions.
Correspondents at the Russian froi
record a successful repulse of a night
attack on Russian outposts in the early
hours of Oct. P.. The Russians pur
sued the Japanese and captured a gun,
which, under the cuver of the fog.
they were able to remove.
Hit l lltlil of Humor.
The wild flight of rumors continues
in ft. Petersburg, the rout or capture
of Japanese division or battalions and
scores of guns alternating with alarm
ist stories of Gen. Kuropatkin's retreat
on Mukden, ail equally untrue.
As to the stories of (Jen. Kuropat
kin s retreat, it is sufficient to refer
to the energi tic scouting behind the
Japanese lines to show that the Rus
mou commander is determined to en
gage the enemy as soon as the weather
permits.
"f IHntr-r cried.
A correspondent of the Russiky Lis
tok semis to that paper a graphic ac
count of the fighting by Gen. Rilder
ling's corps Oct. 12. when the Rus
sian right flank was broken. It now
develops that disaster was averted
t-olely by the timely arrival of (Jen.
Soboleff's Sixth Siberian corps, com
posed almost entirely of reservists,
and many regiments of which were ex
periencing their first taste of actual
war.
The correspondent telegraphs that
FACES SHORTAGE:
KILLS HIMSELF
Matthew Cunnningham, Record
erof McLean County, Es
capes Accounting.
HIS BOOKS BEING EXAMINED
Discovered Through Employe He DIs
charged to Give His Wife
the Place.
Rloomington. 111.. Oct. 21. Worried
about his financial affairs. Recorder
Matthew R. Cunningham, of McLean
county, lired a bullet through his brain
at Li o'clock yesterday afternoon. It
had been known for several years that
something was wrong in the manage
ment of the recorder's office.
A discharged deputy, who was drop
ped to make a place fur the wife of
the recorder, made many allegations of
wrong doing and shortage, and the
grand jury and board of supervisors
finally took action. An investigation
followed, but tiie bondsmen agreed to
make good any shortage. In June it.
was said that the recorder was $.uu
behind.
His bondsmen yesterday demanded a
settlement, and he promised them that
he would have the money ready at 2
p. m. While they were waiting at the
court house he killed himself.
The recorder was fjn years of age and
had a good civil war record. Kdwarel
Cunningham, a son, is a traveling
agent for the Santa Fe railway, with
headquarters in Chicago.
S-il-il Tieil to II U llotit.
Erie. Pa., Oct. 21. A row boar was
yesterday found iu the harbor near
Misery bay. containing only a coat, to
which was tied the following note:
"Fred Thompson: You will find me
at the other end of this line."
The iine was fastened to one of the
oarlocks, ami when pulled in luis E.
Thompson's body was at the other end.
Gen. Oku's desperate onslaught forced
back Gen. Hilderling and drove i
Stakhovich's cavalrv which was
uarding Hildering's right. The situa
tion was most critical, but the Sixth
corps came up and supported Rilder-
ling, and things assumed a brighter
aspect. The fighting was exceedingly
furious.
Two reserve corps regiments which
had never before been under fire bore
the brunt of the Japanese advance.
and obstinately held their ground. The
following day the battle was resumed
with th" fullest intensity. The Japa
nese threw themselves headlong
against the positions of the Sixth and
Seventeenth corps.
The fighting continued the whole
day, despite a terrific downpour of
rain and a fearful thunderstorm. A
Japanese battery dashed out from Gen.
Oku's right and opened a deadly fire
upon the Russian trenches, until the
Tenth artillery brigade came into ac
t ion.
Sixteenth C'rp to ;.
It is slated on good authority that
the Sixteenth army corps will be the
next to start for the front. This corps
is stationed at Vitebsk and belongs to
the military district of Vilna. which is
going out as a part of the second Man
churian army under former chief of
the Vilna district. Gen. (J t ippe-nberg.
The corps will probably have Vilna
Nov. s, direct for Harbin.
Emperor Nicholas has received no
report from Gen. Stoessel. the military
commander at Port Arthur, since Oct.
l'.
SWEDE ROUSTABOUTS DESERT
Party Taken From Chicago to Replace
Negroes at New Orleans Quit.
New Orleans. La.. Oct. 21. A party
of Swedish laborers, brought here
from Chicago to displace negro deck
hands, deserted, and steamboat owners
who brought them here are out about
Sl.i.HM.i for transportation.
BRYAN AT END OF INDIANA CAMPAIGN
SAYS STATE IS SAFELY DEMOCRATIC
Little Disaffection Found Among Sil
ver Men People Are Now
Ready to Vote.
Louisville, Ky.. Oct. 21. "The demo
crats of Indiana seem to be ready to
vote now." said William J. Bryan when
he concluded his tour of that state
at New Albany last night.
"I rirmlv believe that Indiana will
in turn a plurality for Parker and Da
vis," said Mr. Bryan in opening his
speech at New Albany. "The obser
vations made during the trip which I
have just finished reveal a most en
couraging state of affairs.
"There is little or no trace of dis
affection among the silver democrats
and there is no reason for the gold
democrats to feel dissatisfied. The
evidences of unity uirrF enthusiasm
among the democrats are so plentiful
that it feems that the only apparent
ENSATIOMAL
LACON CASE
Prominent Families Are
Mixed Up in a Fa
tal Assault.
MRS. TH0MASS0N DIES
Injured by Children of Man
Whose Attentions She
Received.
Peoria. 111., Oct. 21. Mrs. Nellie
Thomasson, wife of a former promi
nent real estate dealer of this city,
died at La con last night as a result
of injuries received in a sensational
encounter with Richard and Jennie
Higgins, aged respectively 2tJ and 27
and children of John G. Higgins, a
prominent county republican politi
cian. Young Higgins was arrested on the
charge of murder. He says the chil
dren have been trying for years to
break up the relations between his
father and Mrs. Thomasson and that
they intercepted a letter written to
the father who is in St. Ixmis by t-he
woman in which she asked him to
meet her at the depot in this city.
AilinilM He Struck. Her.
Higgins acknowledged he struck the
woman in the face knocking her over
a chair. The woman's body was se
verely bruised. The prominence of
the parties makes the case sensational.
The attack on Mrs. Thomasson oc
curred last Saturdav.
BAPTISTS FOR UNIFORM
LAWS TO RULE DIVORCE
Adopt Resolutions in General Associa
tion Meeting in Favor of the
Movement.
Springfield. 111.. Oct. 21. The Hair
tist general association yesterday took
cognizance of the action of the Mat
toon . association in the matter of di
vorce and adopted tin.' following reso
lutions: "Resolved. That wo look with favor
upon and give our cooperation to those
religious and other bodies which are
seeking to secure uniform divorce
laws, and we urge our Raptist breth
ren that their loyalty to new testa
ment teachings be so extended as to
cover the question of divorce both in
their practice and teachings.
"That we favor the calling of an ecu
menical church council which shall de
clare upon this question, which declara
tion shall be in the form of a recom
mendation to the churches at large."
HUGHITT IS AGAIN TO
HEAD NORTHWESTERN
Big Railroad Reelects Old Board of
Directors in its
Entirety.
Chicago. Oct. 21. At the annual
meeting of the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway company yesterday Marvin
Hughitt was reelected president. Di
rectors were elected for a term of three
years and the following officers chos
en: Vice president and secretary, E.
E. Osborn; treasurer and assistant sec
retary. S. O. Howe: assistant secretary
and treasurer, R. H. Williams; assis
tant secretary and assistant treasur
er. J. R. Redfield: executive committee,
Marvin Hughitt. H. McK. Twombly,
Chauncey M. Depew, David P. Kimball.
Samuel S. Barger. W. K. Vanderbilt,
Marshall Field. James C. Fargo.
hone for republican success would ap
pear to lie in their polling the entire
doubtful vote of the state."
Mr. Bryan's prophecy was received
with tremendous cheers by a crowd
which completely filled Market house
square in New Albany, the number
running far into the thousand?.
Mr. Bryan declared emphatically
that a vote for Parker and Davis was
a vote against imperialism, militarism,
and their attendant evils, which are
rapidly tightening their hold on the
nat ion.
Immediately on concluding his New
Albany speech Mr. Bryan made a dah
into Kentucky, speaking at Phoenix
Hall garden. "A vote fur Parker and
Davis." said Mr. Bryan, "is a long
step toward the abolition of special
privileges granted to the few at the
expense of the many, a condition of
affairs which has in no small part
been brought about by the republican
party's t a rift system."
WAIT TILL THE
BOOKS ARE HAD
Then Democrats Will Give Bill of
Particulars on Republican
Exiravagance.
PARKER TELLS HIS CALLERS
Quotes Statistics Which Prove That
The Party is a Free
Spender.
Ksopus. Oct. 21. Judge Parker to
day addressed a delegation from Hud
son county, X. Y.. on the subject of
administrative extravagance answer
ing a speech made by Secretary Taft
in which the secretary called upon the
democrats to give a bill of particulars
in connection with their charge that
economy in government affairs had
been forgotten in the years the re
publicans have been in control of na
tional affairs.
Quote Some Stilt ltlm.
Judge Parker quoted totals from of
ficial reports which he asserted not
only raised the presumption of extrav
agance but proved it. "The bill if
particulars will be given," he said,
"when the democratic administration
gets a chance at the books."
SMALL RIOT AT
DENTAL COLLEGE
Acid Thrown on Nurses Who Failed
to Invite Medical Students
to a Ball.
Chicago, Oct. 21. In a general riot
at the Illinois Dental College last
night four nurses were injured by acid
throwers and the matron of the insti
tution was also hurt. Two hundred
dental students caused the riot. Their
intended victims were 2un medical stu
dents, but instead the attacking party
injured many girls.
A dance was in progress in the ball
room of the dental college at Honore
street and Jackson boulevard. It was
given by the nurses from the West
Side hospital. They had invited as
their escorts about 2uu students from
the College of Physicians and Sur
geons.. The students from the Illinois Den
tal college were not invited. Some of
them accordingly met and decided on
revenge. About 11 o'clock they de
scended upon the hall in a body. They
first broke in the doors, went into the
basement and turned out all the lights
in the building. Then they rushed up
the stairs to the dance hall on the
fourth floor yelling at the tops of their
voices.
The medical students nut them at
the door and a general fight ensued.
In the panic that followed noses were
broken, teeth knocked out and heads
laid open. Many of the young women
fainted and a number are reported to
have been injured.
ROOSEVELT WILL
NOT WAIT WAR END
About to Issue Call to Powers to Name
Delegates to New Peace
Congress.
Washington. Oct. 21. In the course
of two days the president will dispatch
a formal invitation to the iowers to
name delegates to a new peace con
ference at the Hague. The powers
wili be invited to suggest dates for the
meeting of the conference.
THE PHIPPSES MAY REUNITE
Couple are in Denver, Colo., Seemingly
on Good Terms.
Denver, Colo.. Oct. 21. Mrs. Gene
vieve Phipps was met at 'lie Adams
hotel yesterday by her former husband,
Laurence C. Phipps. who smiled gjyly
and asked her pardon for whistling in
her presence. Mrs. Phipps responded
blithely, and the pair with the two
children were driven out Colfax ave
nue toward th"ir former home. They
seemed on best of terms, and friends
believe there is. a chance of reconcilia
tion. SOLDIERS FIGHT IN A RESORT
Colored Troops Kill White Sergeant
Building is Burned.
Mi.Titerev Cul Oct 21. Sersrennt
Ti.olev of Troon K 4th l'-iifed States
cavalry, was shot and killed in a resort
last night and another member of the
same regiment, whose name is not
known, was probably fatally wounded.
Their assailants were members of the
first squadron of the ieth United States
cavalry (colored). Within an hour af
ter the shooting the house in which the
crime took place was fired by a mob of
1" infuriated soldiers and was burned
to the ground.
Earthquake at St. Louis.
St. Ijouis, Oct. 21. A slight earth
quake shock was felt here today.
There was no damage.
ENGLAND IS
UNWILLING
Refuses Germany Permis
sion to Use Walfish
Bay in Africa
TO LAND WAR SUPPLIES
Only Harbor Along Coast-
Daily News of Disasters
is Received.
lleriin, Oct. 21. Great Britain has
refused to grant Germany's request to
permit the latter to use Walfish bay
for landing troops and supplies essen
tial in the war against German South
west Africa.
Only I'lnce to I. ami.
The bay is the only good harbor for
a thousand miles along the coast.
Almost daily dispatches bring news
of some small German reverse in
Southwest Africa.
NEW YORK P0ST0FFICE
WliL BE SHAKEN UP
Postmaster Van Cott to Be Dropped
and Many Other Changes Made
For "Political Reasons."
Washington. Oct. 21. According to
inside information here there will he
another grand shape-up in the New
York post office as soon as the authori
ties here can give that institution their
special attention. One high official
said yesterday that Postmaster Yam
Cott would not be reappointed, and
that a number of other important
changes would be made, not on the
ground of "criminality." but that ac
tion would be taken for "political rea
sons." combined with the "good of the
service."
FARMERS SEARCH IN THE
WOODS FOR GIRL'S SLAYER
Body Found Near Home at Waterloo,
III., With Throat Cut and Cov
ered With Burned Straw.
Waterloo. 111.. Oct. 21. Large posses
of farmers, constables, and deputy
sheriffs ;ire searching the woods for
the murderer of Alice Woodcock,
daughter of a farmer, who was slain
yesterday afternoon by a stranger. The
girl was at home alone, the house be
ing a mile away from the highway.
In the afternoon the body was found
2(H) yards from the house with a long
slash in the throat. Straw had. been
piled about it and ignited, but had fail
ed to burn. Should the murderer be
captured the farmers say something
will be doing before the regular term
of court.
GIRLS LEAP FROM WINDOWS
Many are Bruised and Burned in De
struction of Brooklyn Factory.
New York. Oct. 21. Fire in the six
story factory building at L.7 North
Tenth street, Rrooklyn, yesterday af
ternoon caused a panic among the 25o
employes of W. II. Robinson, manufac
turer of pillows and cushions, most
of whom were girls. There was much
jumping from lower windows and rush
ing down the tire escapes, but when
the fire was under control, all had es
caped with only slight bruises or
burns, except Frank Nasti. a laborer,
whose injuries were so severe that he
may die. The building was complete
ly gutted. The loss is estimated at
$75, One.
CENTER OF BATTLE
CHANGED TO
Chairman Taggart Removes to Indian
apolis Indiana and Wisconsin
Objective.
Chicago. Oct. 21. With the corning
of Chairman Thomas Taggart etf the
national democratic committee, who
arrived in Indianapolis yesterday, ihej
middie wist is to be made tie- light
ing ground for the remainder of the
campaign. Indiana, Wisconsin and
Missouri are the states in which the
fight is to be waged, the democrats
devoting more of their attention to In
diana and Wisconsin, believing Mis
souri to be safe. The re-publicans will
send Senator Fairbanks through the
three states.
Former Senator James K. Jones, who
was chairman of the national com
mittee in the two Lryan campaigns,
and Jame-s G. Johns-m of Kansas.
chairman of the executive committee
in l!ie, have been the. .'nlvatid- guard
of Chairman Ta-un. Th .-y hav- t-e.-u
WALL STREET
REAPS HARVEST
Profits of $600,000,000 Report
ed to Have Been Taken in
Last Ten Days.
HEAVY LOSSES WENT DEFORE
Gain Through Appreciation in the
Prices of Stock Now Ap
proaches "Boom."
New York, Oct. 21. Profits exceed
ing t;ni.iHMi,(i(h have been taken by
the ring manipulating Wall street the
last ten davs. These profits have ac
crued to a few men. through a deliber
ate and well planned manipulation of
the stocks listed oti the- stock ex
change. The slump in Wall street IS months
ago. and from that, time until Id days
ago. caused a loss, as figured on paper.
in the principal issues aggregating the
colossal sum of $1,000, ouo, (iuu.
In the last 10 days these stocks have
increased $t;oii.ouii,tjuti in value, thus
showing the profits taken by the man
ipulators. About six months ago, when the
stocks were at their lowest point, the
Standard Oil interests, the Morgan in
terests, Sehiff, Harriman. Ke-ene. Kuhn,
I.oeb it Co.. and a western syndicate
represented by C. G. Gates & Co. com
menced buying at the low prices.
Mucks iit llooiu l'rict'N.
Ten davs ago their beddings, on pa
per, were enormous. Hy buying and
selling, back and forth, they have run
the figures gradually up, attracting at
tention and thereby luring outside spec
ulators, until now the slocks are at
what are termed boom prices.
To show the enormous deals which
were necessary to lning about this in
crease in values an artificial increase
because the stocks are paying
no more dividends and because the
properties represented by them are
worth no more the deals may be
cited.
Since Oct. in SM.enO shares of Head
ing have changed hands; Ontario &
Western. 2IS.0110; Union Pacific, t.ot;.-
t'lH.i; Atchison. :::! l.lltlil; Krie. I'.l.'l.lMlO;
St. Paul. ::7o.ihm: Amalgamated Cop
per. :Ul.noo, and Missouri Pacific, 4"2.
utio shares.
C. G. Gates & Co. represent about
2i western speculators. In this crowd
are the Moores, Re.id, Leeds. John W.
Gales. Drake and others of the same
coterie.
AMES JURY FAILS TO AGREE
Minneapolis Former Mayor Will Have
another Trial.
Minne upolis, Oct. 21. The jury in
the? case of ex-Mayor Ames charged
with receiving money from women,
failed to agree on a verdict and were
discharged todav.
Mont Tennes Held Up.
Chicago. Oct. 21. Mont Tennes, the
handbook "king," last evening was
held up and robbed of $;nn jn cash and
jewelry valued at $l.riUii, while within
three blocks of his residence. In I liel
den avenue. The robbers are belie ved
to have acted from motives of revenge
after losing heavily on bets pkiced in
some of Tennes' many hatiilbooks.
Discuss Liquor Question.
Lake- Mohonk, N. Y.. Oct. 21. Con
sideration eif the liquor problem in In
dian Territory was taken up tit to
day's session of the Indian conference.
A. S. McKennon. of South MeCallister.
was the first speaker.
Falling Scaffold Kills Two.
Ruffalo. N. Y.. Oct. 21. Hy the fall
of a scaffold at Swan and Seneca
streets ye-sterday two workmen wen
dashes to instant death and thre-e
others were injured, two seriously and
one perhaps fataliy.
Those killed are: John Strie-gel,
stonemason, 221 Peach street; Charles
Oik, stone mason; died at Emergency
hospital.
FOR BALLOTS IS
MIDDLE WEST STATES
interviewing the lead'-rs of Wise-onsin
and Illinois for th I. st week. Yes
terday Iiavil S. Hose of Milwaukee
was here.
Mr. Jones, who has consulted Mayor
Harrison, John P. Hopkins, National
Committeeman Roger Sullivan and M.
F. Iiiinlap, regarding the- situation in
Illinois, said:
"He-ports from dewn state are that
there will be- no change in the farmer
Vote-. It seems to me the situation
has narrowe-d down to a epie-.-.t ion of
which party gets out its vote. I be
lieve we will carry Cobjrado, Wyom
ing. Nevada and Montana in tie- west,
and that we have a chance in Indiana.
My r-po!'fs from Wisconsin are con
flicting." Mr. Jones re-cc ive-d a le-tter eluring
the day from William V. Sheehnn,
chairman of the- democratic executive?
committee- in New Yerk which t-ald
"Strong undercurrent has set in te
ward Parker In the east."
CLEVELAND
SUFFERING
Reaction From Tariff
Stimulation in Ohio
Town.
ADVERSE TO LABOR
In Spite of Growth in Popula
tion in Year Activities
Decline.
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 21. This city
has suffered more than any other large
center in the United States from the
unnatural industrial condition stimu
lated by the Dingley tariff law, and not
tetnpeued by wise forethought concern
ing future possibilities. As an index
to this fact it may be stated that Cleve
land increased its population during
the last 12 months by probably 2". Out)
people, which would normally mean a
very precept ible development of Its
business, yet the bank statement just
issued for the week ending Oct. HI,
l!e4, shows that the clearings were
$i::.02ti.otL less than for the corres
ponding week of last year a net de
crease of i::.n per cent.
If one today should take a walk
along the extended stretch of mills
and factories situated on the lake front
of Cleveland, he would find it to ho an
almost invariable rule that from 10 to
per cent of the usual number of em
ployees is either laid off entirely or
working on short time. An even worse
condition of affairs will be found tit
Newburgh. across the river, where the
immense loe-nl plant of the United
States Steel corporation is situated.
Go, also, into the retail stores here in
Cleveland and ii will be found that
trade is practically stationary in spite
of the large accre tion of the population.
Retailers are- buying only small stocks
for future? trade, and the utmost con
servatism governs their ver action.
Mirny Med Mills lille.
The most typical situation in Cleve
land is that of the mills of the steel
trust. The Newburgh plant was for
merly the backbone of the American
St i'i l and Wire company. Twelve
thousand men aro employed there un
der normal conditions. There are two
rod mills, two Hessetner plants, two.
bloomers, two furnaces ami an open
hearth furnace.
Prior to the: summer of Hut I these
great mills had run continuously for
more than three years, delving the usu
al precedent of closing down for te
pairs ejr for the comfort of the men iu
the most heat eel part of the summer.
Hut nearly every one of the mills
closed clown iu the spring of this year,
and the fires in many of them are still
banked. Thousands of men were thus
thrown (jut of e-mploynient. Even when
the mills started up again a few we-e ks
ago there was a practically horizontal
cut in the wages of all employes of
from 7 to l." pe-r cent. This was a most
serious matter to men who had been
out of work entirely for several
months.
Inquire for an explanation of the
idleness of these mills and the reply
will be, "lack of demand." The fact
is that under the protection eif the tar
iff law, tie? steel trust has been able
to push all its prices up to such a diz
zy figure that all exempt the most ur
gent demand has been killed off. So
vital to American commerce is the steed
industry that this fact has caused a
et re-nc-hme-nt all along the line in
other trades. And yet all the time the;
teel trust has been selling its product
in Fnropo at a reduction of from 2d
to In per c ( tit of the price charged
me-rican consumers. Ttiis is making
he people he-re do some earnest think
ng. Illlirr Mill C.iiIiiu Slot.
Hut the- steel trust is not the? only
large cot porat ion whose employes are
suffering because? of the- failure- of high
prote c t ion to produce an enduring
'boom." The lirown Hoisting Machin
ery company, one- or ttie Jarge-sf es
tablishments of its kind in the world.
is itself running em very greatly r't-
luce-d time. If usually employ from
l.'ioh to l.r.nu men. At the- pre sent time
not more? than 0"U er 7'iu are? work
ing.
One of the mills ef the? Lake Krie
Iron company is e ntire lv without work.
The? ('leve-land Shipbuilding company.
the King Iron Hridge company, and
jthe-r such very large? concerns arc; all
being operated on a materially reduced
schedule. The- Crescent Tin Plate com
pany, which employs i' men, waa
shut clown all summer, and has only re
cently began operations, ami wiih a
smaller epiota eif nie-n.
Ilaukit Jtnlucluic I ulerrxt i'mymratn.
A striking index of the conditions
now existing is to be found in the bank
ing situation in Cleveland. A Inr",;
liUiube-r of new hanks and trust com-
t l.'nn ti ri u-d un l'ji;- Kf-ven.